ToRs for Consultancy Services to upgrade ASARECA Knowledge & Information Hub (KI-Hub) to DSpace Ki-Hub

ToRs for Consultancy Services to upgrade ASARECA Knowledge & Information Hub (KI-Hub) to DSpace Ki-Hub

ASARECA has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) for implementing the CAADP-XP4 Programme and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the recruitment of a consultant to upgrade the current ASARECA KI-Hub to a robust DSpace 8/9 KI-hub.  ASARECA now invites eligible Individual Consultants to ...

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ASARECA and ILRI Lead Regional Consultations to Co-Design Climate-Smart Legume Production Guidelines in Eastern Africa

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT   KIGALI, KAMPALA, NAIROBI & ADIS ABABA—In the first half of 2025, ASARECA, in collaboration with ILRI and partner projects including AICCRA and LEG4DEV, convened a series of national consultative workshops in Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Uganda to co-design Climate-Smart Legume Production Guidelines and Manuals. These workshops were...

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Farmers Marioshoni, Elbergon in Nakuru County, Kenya receive rooted apical cuttings (RAC) for seed multiplication

ASARECA, KALRO scale out cutting edge potato innovations among Kenyan farmers, thanks to European Union, IFAD funding

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT NAKURU & NAIVASHA, KENYA—ASARECA and Farm Inputs Promotions Africa ( FiPs-Africa)  on April 28 to May 1 supplied cuttings of 26,000 farmer preferred potato varieties including Shangi, Unica, and Wanjiku, 200 kgs of fertilizer and assorted pesticides to farmers and stakeholders in Marioshoni, Elbergon in Nakuru County...

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WATDEV Project Promotes Agroforestry and Water Management Best Management Practices for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood systems in Tana River County Kenya

BY GENEVIEVE APIO 26 MARCH 2025 – TANA RIVER COUNTY, KENYA – Participants, mainly farmers from Hola Irrigation Farmers' Cooperative have received training in Best Agronomic Practices during an Innovation Roadshow and Exhibition convened by ASARECA and partners KALRO and CIHEAM-BARI. The event under the WATDEV project was aimed at showcasing...

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WATDEV Project Promotes Agroforestry and Water Management Best Management Practices for Resilient and Sustainable Agrifood systems in Tana River County Kenya

BY GENEVIEVE APIO 26 MARCH 2025 – TANA RIVER COUNTY, KENYA – Participants, mainly farmers from Hola Irrigation Farmers' Cooperative have received training in Best Agronomic Practices during an Innovation Roadshow and Exhibition convened by ASARECA and partners KALRO and CIHEAM-BARI. The event under the WATDEV project was aimed at showcasing...

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ASARECA and partners train Farmers on use of Digital Platforms, Certified Potato Seed, and Climate-Smart Innovations for Market Linkages in Kenya

BY GENEVIEVE APIO NYANDARUA & NUKURU, KENYA  – MARCH 2, 2025 – In a transformative move to enhance market access and climate resilience among smallholder farmers, ASARECA, in collaboration with key partners, the National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK), Egerton University, the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), and agriBORA,...

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Call for Effective Partnerships, Political Will, Science and Innovation Dominate CGIAR Inaugural Science Week

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT GIGIRI, NAIROBI, KENYA—Partnerships. Joint action. Collaboration. This semantic field, denoting effectively working together and underscoring the importance of leveraging competences and resources from multiple institutions and actors in the food systems resonated throughout the week-long CGIAR inaugural Science which just ended on April 12, at the United...

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Description du poste de directeur exécutif de l’ASARECA

RECRUTEMENT DU DIRECTEUR EXÉCUTIF PROLONGATION DE LA DATE LIMITE DE CANDIDATURE Consultez l’annonce et la description complète du poste ci-dessous pour le recrutement du directeur exécutif de l’ASARECA. Veuillez noter que la date limite de candidature a été prolongée du 19 au 24 avril. Les informations de candidature ci-dessous, y compris le...

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ASARECA, CIHEAM BARI, Land Resources Centre boost Ethiopian farmers capacity to sustain Water and Land productivity

BY BEN MOSES ILAKUT DEBRE ZEIT, ETHIOPIA—The Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Centra Africa (ASARECA), the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies-Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari) and the Italian Agency for Development Corporation (AICS) have joined Ethiopian partners, Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC), Addis Ababa University,...

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Full Job Description for the Position of Executive Director, ASARECA: Available in English and French

ENGLISH   RECRUITMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXTENSION OF APPLICATION DEADLINE Refer to the Advertisement and Full Job description below for the recruitment of ASARECA Executive Director. Kindly note that the application deadline has been extended from 19th to 24th April. The application information below including the access link is still valid. The Association for Strengthening...

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